This is 5 Minute Friday, Episode 3, 6, 9, and what does it take to achieve greatness?

Will Smith said, greatness is not this wonderful esoteric, elusive God-like feature that only

the special among us will ever taste.

It is something that truly exists in all of us.

When watching the Olympics, it can be easy to think that the greatest athletes in the

world have something special or born with some unique gift.

Is that true?

Is that absolutely true?

What does it take to achieve greatness really?

And Michael Phelps, yes, he's tall, which is great for swimmers, and Simone Biles is short,

which is great for gymnastics.

Were they just destined to become the best in the world at their sports, though?

Michael was scared of putting his head underwater as a kid.

His parents divorced, and he was diagnosed with ADHD.

Now Simone grew up fatherless with a drug addicted mom who was sent to jail over and over,

and was in and out of a foster home before she was 5 years old.

Now any of these things could have taken over their physical potential as athletes.

So what really makes greatness?

If you peel back the layers, we all have potential for greatness inside of us.

It's our choices, our decisions, day in and day out that make the difference between

being great or just being average.

It has nothing to do with the situation we were born into, the body that we have, or the

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